Word: painful
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Spielberg has essentially taken a subject imbued with sympathy and compassion and recreated it as a kind of redemptive entertainment. He uses costly special effects and tricks of the camera to place viewers in the midst of battle, making them feel the pain and acknowledge the pointlessness. A recent report in Business Week revealed that Spielberg was "determined not to sign off on the movie until the World War II epic [had] the adequately faded look of a 1940s-era documentary." Clearly, it's the reality of war, not a glorification, that Spielberg is after...
...White House job. Ms. Currie testified that she resisted the request, because her opinion of Ms. Lewinsky had shifted over time. At first, she testified, she considered Ms. Lewinsky "a friend" who "had been wronged" and had been "maligned improperly." But "[l]ater on, I considered her as a pain in the neck, more or less." The change of heart resulted in part from Ms. Currie's many phone calls in 1997 from Ms. Lewinsky, who was often distraught and sometimes in tears over her inability to get in touch with the President. Deeming her "a little bit pushy...
...Asia, is preparing to renege on its year-long pledge not to devalue the renminbi. China has earned credit overseas for holding its currency steady, providing some stability in the region. But as its export growth and foreign investment slow under competitive pressures, Beijing seems to be nearing its pain threshold. According to an economist with access to China's leaders, they are contemplating an early 1999 devaluation that could reach 30%, depending on how far the Japanese yen drops. With the rest of Asia struggling to find a way out of recession, such a move could...
There's been too much shame, too much pain and too much hiding, said Sally E. Smith, executive director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. NAAFA sponsored a weeklong August convention, and is now sending volunteers into schools to educate against taunting and discrimination. Smith says it's time for fat people to get out of the house, stand proudly among the Kate Mosses of the world and maybe even offer the poor birds something...
...under wraps, it's charged, he enrolled every friend, acquaintance and staff member other than the senior White House tour guide. He babbled away on answering machines. He expected other adults to buy his line about oral sex not really being sex, and then to pity him in his pain and anguish over having or not having...